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While the writers of the Peninsula say that they do not wish for violence against bi, gay or lesbian people, their magazine encourages such violence. The image of a pink triangle being shattered encourages violence. The statement that homosexuality is "bad" encourages violence. Those who would go out and commit acts of violence against gays are incited by any promulgation of anti-gay views. They are also encouraged by the suggestion that such views are within the domain of reasonable discourse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editorial Hurt Gay Community | 11/23/1991 | See Source »

...attacking homosexuality--saying that homosexuality is bad, that gays must be bad role models, that gays cannot really love, that gays are necessarily unhappy, that no matter how gay you think you are, you are really straight--is in and of itself violent. Thirty percent of the teens who commit suicide are gay, and the makers of "arguments" against homosexuality are among those responsible for this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editorial Hurt Gay Community | 11/23/1991 | See Source »

...petition was a follow-up to a letter written to Carnesale earlier this year in anticipation of his appointment to the deanship. The letter, dated November 15, asked Carnesale to commit resources to creating a faculty which is diverse in terms of race, sex and sexual orientation...

Author: By Jenna B. Mcneill, | Title: Students Ask Carnesale For a Diverse Faculty | 11/21/1991 | See Source »

...homosexuals in a category below everyone else. (I don't.) If I say "I believe I should stop turning papers in late, because by doing so I fail to fulfill my duty to my professors," I must also say I believe it is possible for those who commit other immoral acts to cease...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Morality is Not Paternalism | 11/20/1991 | See Source »

Rest assured that the same people who would gladly see laws passed discouraging homosexuality with punishments perhaps as severe as death would be suspicious of a onetime sinner and would treat him with prejudice even should he swear never to commit his crime again. In light of these truths we can see Peninsula's charade of caritas for what it is: a potentially influential camouflage for enduring hatred...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Straightening' Out Peninsula's Facts | 11/19/1991 | See Source »

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